Diocese of Lanusei
Oleastren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lanusei, Italy
The Diocese of Lanusei is a Latin Church diocese in eastern Sardinia, Italy, established in 1824 and originally known as the Diocese of Ogliastra. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cagliari and is held in persona Episcopi with the Diocese of Nuoro under Bishop Antonio Mura.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1824
- Latin
- Oleastren(sis)
- Patron
- <li>Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Ogliastra<li>san Jorge de Suelli
- Annuario code
- 001001949
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 65,635
- Population
- 67,315
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.5%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 1,563
- Extent
- 2,348 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 28
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Antonio Mura
- Born
- 28 December 1952
- Birthplace
- Bortigali
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Maddalena stands in Lanusei, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cagliari
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cagliari.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CagliariCagliari
- Diocese of IglesiasIglesias
- Diocese of NuoroNuoro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.